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02-2-1049-2003/2005

Priority:

Status:

Approved for completion
in 2005

Astrophysical Studies on Space Satellite
(TUS Experiment)

Leader:

L.G. Tkatchev

Scientific Programme:
The TUS space experiment has been proposed to address some of the most important astrophysical and particle physics problems. It is aimed to measure energy spectrum, composition and angular distribution of the Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray (UHECR) at E > 10 ¹⁹ eV to study the region of Greisen-Zatsepin-Kusmin cutoff. The existing world statistics supposed to be increased 2-3 times during 3 years of data taking.
The detector allows the Extensive Air Shower events caused by UHECR neutrinos to be measured for the first time from the space orbit. The experiment is included in the Russian Program of Space Investigation and has to be designed, constructed, tested and launched to the space for data taking.

Expected main results in 2005:

Production of the ground prototype of the TUS detector.
Monte Carlo simulation of the ground TUS detector prototype.
R&D of software and hardware for on-board computing for ground TUS detector.
Data processing and physical analysis of the EAS fluorescent radiation obtained in beam test experiments at CERN and JINR.

List of projects:
	Project	Leader	Priority (period of realisation)
1.	TUS	L.G. Tkatchev	1 (2002-2005)

List of Activities

Activity or Experiment

Leader

Status

TUS

L.G. Tkatchev

R&D

Collaboration
Country or international organization	City	Institute or Laboratory
Czech Republic	Prague	CTU
	Turnov	"COMPAS"
France	Annecy-le-Vieux	LAPP
JINR	Dubna	FLNP
		LPP
		BLTP
Kazakhstan	Almaty	PTI MS-NAS RK
Republic of Korea	Seoul	EWU
Russia	Moscow	SINP MSU
	Korolev	RSC "Energia"
	Dubna	"Raduga"

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